Fancy Dress for World Book Day
Continue ReadingOh how times have changed since I was at school, the only time I remember wearing fancy dress costume at school was part of a school production. Since the Beans have been at school there seems to be a regular course of events for them to wear fancy dress costume and today is one such […]
Fall in love with reading with Galaxy Quick Reads new titles
Continue ReadingAs a child I didn’t love reading, there was always something else I would rather be doing but somewhere in my teenage years I read Of Mice and Men and my love for reading began. I don’t have a particular genre that I prefer to read, in fact I try to read a completely different […]
Project 366 – Week 2
Continue ReadingOk so I’m a day late in posting this but at least I have remembered to post. Yesterday wasn’t a great day for me so please do forgive my tardiness. Getting back to last week, all in all it wasn’t a bad week really. The weather was pretty rubbish but then again, it is Winter! […]
Clever Tykes – storybooks to inspire the next generation plus GIVEAWAY!!
Continue ReadingAnyone walking around our house would notice we have a LOT of books. Books are a gateway to inspiration, knowledge, adventure, fantasy and so much more. Curly can lose himself for days at a time in a book and I think that’s a great thing for him to enjoy. The more that Little Bean is […]
National Tell A Story Day: A Story by Curly (13yrs)
Continue ReadingToday, Monday 27th April 2015 is National Tell A Story Day and Mecca Bingo have challenged me to come up with my very own story. I have always enjoyed writing but one thing I often struggle with is writing a story, it just doesn’t come naturally to me. I can write about my thoughts and […]
Microsoft Parents Approved – Back to School Apps
Continue ReadingA couple of weeks ago on a sunny morning I popped down to London for the day to meet up with some of my lovely friends at Microsoft to spend some time at the Microsoft Apartment and to get hands-on with a few of their gadgets for the summer. Microsoft know families and they have […]